Name: Forged in Smoke
ISBN: 9781503945494

Trish McCallan

Faith Ansell could never be mistaken for an action hero. The scientist is content in her lab, working with her team on life-changing discoveries. But when a mysterious organization captures her colleagues, she s forced to flee for her life with SEAL Team 7. Lieutenant Seth Rawls Rawlings, ST7 s corpsman, hasn t been himself since a near-death experience in the Sierra Nevadas. He s tense and distracted, and the team caught him arguing with himself loudly. Despite his erratic behavior, Rawls is the only one Faith feels comfortable confiding her life-threatening secret in. But Rawls has a secret of his own: his wasn t the only spirit to return to the physical plane when he was resuscitated. At first, Rawls assumed the ghost he saw and heard meant he was having a complete mental breakdown. But the apparition soon becomes convincingly real, and what s more, he may be the key to the conspiracy looming over them. Rawls had better act quickly because ST7 s race to save their reputations and Faith s life is on."

Forged in Smoke

Nathalie Wong

A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Forged in Smoke is the third installation for Trish McCallan's Red-Hot Seals Series. I did read the two previous novels, however, it has been a while. Unfortunately, I did not remember all the events so it hindered my reading experience for this particular one. My suggestion to those who have not read the series is to read from the beginning, otherwise, you will be confused.

The focus is on Rawls, whose near death experience makes him see a ghost, and Faith, a scientist with a heart condition. They had great chemistry together. I also liked the camaraderie between the teammates but quite frustrating at times when Rawls didn't trust them enough to explain what was going on with him.

I will have to re-read the series and this book as well to see if my opinion changes. But I think it is a must to read from the first one.

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Lynn Braden

Forged in Smoke is the third book in the Red-Hot SEALS series. In this book Eric Manheim and his group are closing in on the SEALS where they have taken refuge in the mountains. At the beginning of the book, Rawls is dealt a fatal wound but is healed by Kait and her lover, Cosky. When he comes back from the dead, he brings a bad guy named Pochico back with him. Rawls does not believe in ghosts, so he thinks he may have had some kind of mental breakdown when Pochico begins tormenting him with repeated singing and won't let him go to sleep. Enter Dr. Faith Ansell who is one of several doctors whose deaths have been faked in order to get them working for Manheim on his plan to diminish the population of the world. His plan includes taking control of the Earth's resources in order to save it from over population and stop the devastation of the planet.
This is a huge story that has become bigger with each book in the series. Unfortunately the big story overwhelms the personal stories of the characters. There are now so many characters in the series that there is a list at the beginning of the book telling who each character is and how they each fit into the story. I really like the story being told in this series, but I just wish more time was spent on developing the characters rather than the development of the story. Overall, a good read, and I look forward to the last book in the series.

Forged in Smoke

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